1933 American League

1933 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 608 games, 8 teams, approx. 152 games in season
Attendance: 88,113 (144/game)
Other Years: 1932 / 1934
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1932 / 1934

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1932 / 1934

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Washington Senators	99	53	.651	--
New York Yankees	91	59	.607	7
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	.523	19.5
Cleveland Indians	75	76	.497	23.5
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	25
Chicago White Sox	67	83	.447	31
Boston Red Sox	63	86	.423	34.5
St. Louis Browns	55	96	.364	43.5

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
New York Yankees	NYY	28.8	6.10	152	6069	5274	927	1495	241	75	144	848	76	59	700	506	.283	.369	.440	.809	2318	17	78
Philadelphia Athletics	PHA	27.2	5.76	152	6051	5330	875	1519	297	57	139	829	34	34	625	618	.285	.362	.440	.802	2347	16	80
Washington Senators	WSH	30.3	5.56	153	6212	5524	850	1586	281	86	60	789	65	50	539	395	.287	.353	.402	.754	2219	21	128
Boston Red Sox	BOS	28.4	4.70	149	5857	5201	700	1407	294	56	50	647	58	37	525	464	.271	.339	.377	.717	1963	15	116
Detroit Tigers	DET	26.7	4.66	155	6091	5502	722	1479	283	78	57	675	68	50	475	523	.269	.329	.380	.709	2089	21	93
Chicago White Sox	CHW	29.7	4.52	151	5991	5318	683	1448	231	53	43	642	43	46	538	416	.272	.342	.360	.702	1914	27	108
St. Louis Browns	SLB	27.7	4.37	153	5907	5285	669	1337	244	64	64	605	72	60	520	556	.253	.322	.360	.681	1901	15	87
Cleveland Indians	CLE	27.5	4.33	151	5806	5240	654	1366	218	77	50	610	36	40	448	426	.261	.321	.360	.681	1888	17	101
League Totals		28.3	5.00	1216	47984	42674	6080	11637	2089	546	607	5645	452	376	4370	3904	.273	.342	.390	.732	16639	149	791

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Washington Senators	WSH	31.1	4.35	99	53	.651	3.82	153	153	85	68	5	26	1389.2	1415	665	590	64	452	447	16	2	15	5918	1.343	9.2	0.4	2.9	2.9	0.99
Cleveland Indians	CLE	26.3	4.43	75	76	.497	3.71	151	151	77	74	12	7	1350.0	1382	669	556	60	465	437	16	3	14	5815	1.368	9.2	0.4	3.1	2.9	0.94
Detroit Tigers	DET	28.6	4.73	75	79	.487	3.95	155	155	86	69	6	17	1398.0	1415	733	613	84	561	575	23	6	15	6075	1.413	9.1	0.5	3.6	3.7	1.03
New York Yankees	NYY	28.4	5.05	91	59	.607	4.36	152	152	82	70	8	22	1354.2	1426	768	657	66	612	711	13	2	33	6042	1.504	9.5	0.4	4.1	4.7	1.16
Boston Red Sox	BOS	26.9	5.09	63	86	.423	4.35	149	149	89	60	4	14	1327.2	1396	758	642	75	591	467	21	1	19	5883	1.497	9.5	0.5	4.0	3.2	0.79
St. Louis Browns	SLB	28.5	5.36	55	96	.364	4.82	153	153	98	55	7	10	1360.2	1574	820	729	96	531	426	16	1	26	6085	1.547	10.4	0.6	3.5	2.8	0.80
Chicago White Sox	CHW	32.3	5.39	67	83	.447	4.45	151	151	98	53	8	13	1371.1	1505	814	678	85	519	423	28	1	30	6078	1.476	9.9	0.6	3.4	2.8	0.82
Philadelphia Athletics	PHA	29.3	5.61	79	72	.523	4.81	152	152	83	69	6	14	1343.2	1523	853	718	77	644	423	16	2	33	6153	1.613	10.2	0.5	4.3	2.8	0.66
League Totals		28.9	5.00	604	604	.500	4.28	1216	1216	698	518	56	123	10895.2	11636	6080	5183	607	4375	3909	149	18	185	48049	1.469	9.6	0.5	3.6	3.2	0.89

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Washington Senators	WSH	153	4171	1828	131	149	.979	7	31	30	49%		Joe Cronin
St. Louis Browns	SLB	153	4082	1864	149	162	.976	4	45	52	54%	88,113	Bill Killefer, Allan Sothoron and Rogers Hornsby
Cleveland Indians	CLE	151	4050	1883	156	127	.974	4	43	65	60%		Walter Johnson, Roger Peckinpaugh and Bibb Falk
New York Yankees	NYY	152	4065	1612	165	122	.972	12	35	39	53%		Joe McCarthy
Detroit Tigers	DET	155	4194	1832	178	167	.971	6	93	55	37%		Del Baker and Bucky Harris
Chicago White Sox	CHW	151	4113	1934	186	143	.970	11	70	37	35%		Lew Fonseca
Boston Red Sox	BOS	149	3983	1770	204	133	.966	3	68	60	47%		Marty McManus
Philadelphia Athletics	PHA	152	4031	1752	203	121	.966	9	67	38	36%		Connie Mack
League Totals		1216	32689	14475	1372	1124	.972	56	452	376	45%	88,113

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